Proverbs 6:11 - The Scriptures 2009

And your poverty shall come like a prowler, And your need as an armed man.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, And thy want as an armed man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So will your poverty come like a robber or one who travels [with slowly but surely approaching steps] and your want like an armed man [making you helpless]. [Prov. 10:4; 13:4; 20:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

Common English Bible

and poverty will come on you like a prowler, destitution like a warrior.

Catholic Public Domain Version

and then destitution will meet with you, like a traveler, and poverty, like an armed man. Yet truly, if you would be diligent, then your harvest will arrive like a fountain, and destitution will flee far from you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.

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